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•^n.'iAviii;.' Uk' oilier siirl'iicc; hnicjilji the j'ToiiimI ;iii(I ;iIioiiI, I, Ik; rool.H. 

 'I'licn l.lic (•;i(,cr|)ill;ir works iipwiu'il, t-.iWwy i\ sii|)ci(ici;il liirrow or hnr- 

 rowiii^-; lciif!;Uiwis<' Jiloii;.'; iJic cciiler of lJn' Jcin. 'I'lic Ic'ivcs ;i.n! iilso 

 l'n!(jil<!nUv C'ltcii, llic lower ones lirsl,, iiikI iJicii I, he ii|)|)<'i- ones. 'l\\<', 

 tipH uro cjilfii olT, oi' irrfniil;ir clou;-.'!!!' holes jin; ciilfn lliroii/',li I. Ik; 

 l)liMl<!S. TIk! iiijinv l)citi;' doiic ;it iii^!,lil', S(!)i.rcli inii.sl, he iiiiidc! for Ui(! 

 Miil.liorof il. I)V <l.'i.V !)>' (Wyjnw/ :\\()\ii\(\ tlic ;irr(M'l(M| hills. The wcb-wonnH 

 will coiniiioiilv l)C round jiisL liclovv the ^:llr^;M•(• (I'ij', '-JO, \>. ■'>i't), C'lch in 

 a n!U"(!!il- fonncil Uy loo;;clv wcltljin;': lo;'fl,hcr -.i ni;i:;:; of dirl, niorr; or 

 less cylindrical in sluipc, ;in inch ;ind ;i- h;dl' to I. wo inches Ion;-, iind 

 id)onl. h.'ill' ;in inch lhron<di. VVilJiin iJiis iruiss is :i. sill; lined liil)C open 

 in^'; ;it, the sniince of IJie fTonnd ne\l, to ;i, :',l,;dk of corn, ;uii| wil-hin l,liiH 

 S|)eci;iJly |)rep;u-ed domicile ;i sinjde c;dcrpill;ir is secrete(|. inJuricH 

 due to tlies(; wel) worms ;ire commonly ;i ttrihnted liy |';irmers to cnl • 

 worms, ;ind the c;ilerpilliU',s tli(!mH(!lv(!H iuv. siiriil;i,rly conl'ouiKled. This 

 error would sicnily hut littN; (',xc<'.\)\, for a h'mi^N; important dil'lerencc! 

 in the tnidsummer lile history which tuis it,H \)('.nv\t]ij on the propcti- tirri(; 

 of |)lowin;_'; the sod in spriiiff, Jirid th;d. lor |)l;int in;-; or r(q)lii,iitiii/i; th(! 

 corn. ( !utvv(»rms are. nctver prot('ct(rd hy ;i,n underj-round welt, <i.re much 

 liic;.';er than w<!l)-W()rrnH, m;ike no ,'ictive elTorts to esc!i.|)(! when dis- 

 turbed, l)U(- cur'l up ;ind rem;dn in;iclive, ;uid ;iie withoid. rows ol con- 

 spicuous Khinin^- spots up(»n tlx; body, th<^s(; bein^'; r(t|)r(!.s(;td,ed by sm;i,ll 

 ;uid inconH[)ic,uoiis ones. 



'\'\\(: injiu'y to corn by I Ik; Hod w(!b-wormH is not unconunon in ficOds 

 plii.nl,<!d on sod ;;;round, ;itid aH it b(!ginH (jiiiU; (iar'ly JLud ni;iy lii,:;l, som(! 

 w(!el<H, it is Fully ;is serious jiH a Hirnilar attatrk by (Mjtworms or white 

 jfnibs. I''re(|uently more or less ext(;nsive n^pjantirifi; is n!(|uir(!d, jijkI 

 H<)m(;tim<'s whole fields urc com|)lel,<;ly d(;stroy(!d two or thre(! tiin<!M in 

 HUcrrOHHion. In Ohio, for (;.\ii.mp!(;, liundnids of jicrc^s of corn ;iiid oats 

 won; a.H comf)lel,ely killed in 1805 as if burnfvl over, Miid simil;ir itijuricH 

 to (torn \\;iv('. b(r(;ii i(;porled from N(!W Yf)rk, .\ew Jersey, I )elii,war(!, 

 Miirylarid, lllinoi.s, Iowa, ;i.nd .NebraHkii.. In lllinoi:; ;i,nd iown. it waH 

 !i, most serious corn [icst in ISS7, (iti.Mtroyin^- corn on sod ^'foiuid in m;iny 

 fi(Ods distribut(!(| tlirouffh ,s(!V(!ni,l counties in both these st;i.t(;s; ;i,nd 

 in l'(!nti.sylvii,niji, it wii.s foutid rlestructive lo corn in IX!tl, most injurious 

 li(',r(! iiH e,ls(!wliere, in one ciise ;it, le;isl , on old limothy ::od. I'crsideH 

 ilH occaHional injuri(rs to corn, iind to smiill j.'r;iin wlutre this lollows Uf)on 

 graHH — a ran; (!V(!td., indcctd, at leaHt in Illinois its princif^fd injnri(!.H 

 jinr to f<;niss in rrKsadowH iind [)aHtur(!H. ItH injnriftH \\cr('. urc irmch ;!;n!iit<;r 

 tlian an; connrionly jittribntcd to it. "This fact i.s due;," Hay.s Dr, lM;lt, 

 " t-o its v<!ry insidiou.s truttliods of work." 



" Unless the d;itri;i|!;e, I hey do is very serioirs it is. hiirdly noticed, or, 

 if noticed, ;itt-ribut(rd to oliiCT cauH(!.s. As the lii(v;e live ;i retired lile, 

 oIoH(! to t[i(! Hiirl'a(;(;, eating rnoHtly at ni^ht and n^mjiiniti^ in their noHiH 



